Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
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             04/29/2009 02:55 PM       .                                
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       Senator Ring moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 1759 and 1760
    4  insert:
    5         Section 22. Subsection (2) of section 288.95155, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read
    7         288.95155 Florida Small Business Technology Growth
    8  Program.—
    9         (2)  Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall establish a separate
   10  small business technology growth account in the Florida
   11  Technology Research Investment Fund for purposes of this
   12  section. Moneys in the account shall consist of appropriations
   13  by the Legislature, proceeds of any collateral used to secure
   14  such assistance, transfers, fees assessed for providing or
   15  processing such financial assistance, grants, interest earnings,
   16  and earnings on financial assistance. Enterprise Florida, Inc.
   17  may advance from the account up to $600,000 in the aggregate to
   18  the Institute for Commercialization of Public Research
   19  (Institute) for its operations. Subject to the authority and
   20  limitations in sections (3) and (4) below, Enterprise Florida,
   21  Inc. may grant awards of assistance to companies under the
   22  auspices of the Institute that are seeking to commercial
   23  technologies pursuant to Institute programs.
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   27         And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete line 136
   29  and insert:
   30  requirement; amending s. 288.95155, F.S.; authorizing Enterprise
   31  Florida, Inc., to advance a specified amount of money from a
   32  business technology growth account to the Institute for
   33  Commercialization of Public Research; authorizing Enterprise
   34  Florida, Inc. to grant awards; providing an effective date.